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San Antonio State Hospital (SASH) is hosting a job fair Wednesday to fill vacant positions immediately.

San Antonio State Hospital (SASH) is hosting a job fair Thursday to fill more than 200 vacant positions, immediately, for its new Alamo Hall. There are openings for nurses, housekeeping, psychiatric nursing assistants, psychologists, food service workers and maintenance staff. The job fair is scheduled to run from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Feb. 25. “We will have hiring managers at this job fair to do immediate interviews and make selections,” said Cecilia Monreal, staff services officer IV at San Antonio State Hospital. Face masks and social distancing will be required at the job fair.

San Antonio State Hospital is hosting a job fair on Thursday to fill more than 200 vacant positions at the facility. There are openings for nurses, psychiatric nursing assistants, psychologists, food service workers, and maintenance staff. Face masks and social distancing will be required at the job fair. Career counselors and job seekers can also contact a recruiter by emailing scott.bingaman@hhs.texas.gov or healthcareers@hhsc.state.tx.us. More information on the Health and Specialty Care System and its mission of individualized care be found here.

The views expressed in this article are those of the advertiser and do not necessarily reflect those of this site or affiliated companies. If you want to help people from the role of a health care position -- which comes with great benefits and opportunities to advance -- the San Antonio State Hospital is hosting a virtual Facebook Live job fair, set for 10 a.m. Wednesday. Many of those positions dont require experience because we are going to provide that training for the positions, said Cecilia Monreal, staff services officer for SASH. Open positions include: licensed vocational nurse, financial examiner, administrative assistant, registered therapist, social worker, accountant, psychologist, security officer, chief nurse executive, cook and staff physician. "The state of Texas has amazing benefits, like free medical, two retirement plans, plus affordable option plans like dental and life insurance.The San Antonio State Hospital is an in-patient psychiatric hospital with complete psychiatric and rehabilitative services.

SAN ANTONIO The family of a longtime nursing assistant at the San Antonio State Hospital confirmed this week that she died of COVID-19 complications. An email sent by the hospitals chief nurse executive last week confirmed the COVID-19 resurgence forced nursing employees into an emergency staffing level. State and hospital officials have not said how many staff members and residents have contracted the virus at the facility. Visitation restrictions to our state hospitals were implemented on March 13. Temperature checks on staff and essential visitors before entry to San Antonio State Hospital began on March 16 and remain in place.